The Rusisians are moving through Gori as we speak. The final defense of Tiblisi has to be in order.
If Bush could get in their quickly enough...he might could pull it off. Otherise, we already have transport aircraft flying Georgian troops in there and we need to protect them and can perhaps fall back on a plan like that mentioned above in post 173.
Either way, something direct and something audacious and bold in the face of this Russian agreewssion is called for and must be forthcoming...but also something measured and communicative enough to keep as much a lid on this and confined to Georgia...and then those provinces as possible.
Yes, time is a-wasting. My hope is that the President is on his way to Tblisi now. Short of war, this is the only way to stop Russia in its tracks.
I didn’t realize Gori was that close to T’bilisi. If the U.S. doesn’t have a plan in the works by now, Georgia has fallen.
I’m not convinced a Bush visit would be helpful. It would allow the Russians to walk right up to the T’blisi front door.
As soon as Bush left, T’blisi falls.
The military option is the only thing that stops T’blisi from falling now, and that doesn’t seem to be in the works either.
I’m not anxious to see U.S. troops on the ground, but we could thin the Russian herd to a man if we decided to from the air.
The only other alternative without going head to head with Russia would be to establich a flying armada over the pipeline to protect it from destruction, then again, if one of them was to get shot down??????????????? I think we definately need the Turks involved if possible.